Chapter 15 Summary

In a large meadow near Vineland, the members of the extended Traverse family are waking up at their annual family reunion. Some are in campers, some tents, some sleeping on the ground. Many have been up late the night before playing cards.

In the Thanatoid village near Shade Creek, the Thanatoids are also waking up. Unsually, the entire Thantoid town has slept through the night before and all wake at once. Something has changed, and they are alarmed. They send out a kind of distress call which is picked up in Los Angeles by DL and Takeshi, who tell Prairie they must respond and ask if she will come with them.

While in Los Angeles, Praire has met up with a friend named Che, a girl about her own age with whom she had once hung out with at various California malls. They...